Wall-paper protector.



Patented Jan. 30, 1917.

W. S. THOMPSON.

WALL PAPER PROTECTOR.

APPUCATION FELED JUNE 13, I916.

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WILLIAIVI S. THOMPSON, 0F SINKING SPRING, PENNSYLVANIA.

WALL-PAPER PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 3%, 191?.

Application filed J um: 13, 1916. Serial No. 103,381.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. THOMP- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing a Sinking Spring, in the county of Berks and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWall-Paper Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for protecting wallpaper or delicate surfaces of like kind, in close proximity to surfacesthat are to be cleansed, as for instance, in washing or wiping the baseboard, door frames, and other wood work in the interior of a building inwhich the wall surface is covered with paper or tinted.

It is evident that when the surfaces to be cleansed are treated withoutsome care, the wall paper or other surface along the edges of the woodto be cleansed, is often badly soiled by contact therewith of the wetand soiled cloth.

It is my object in the present instance, to provide a device by the useof which the wood work may be washed directly up to the point where itmeets the papered surface of the wall, and that this washing need not bedone carefully but in the usual manner, and the paper surface will beprotected from contact with the cloth.

The invention consists of a flat plate, preferably of light metal,provided with a suitable guard and also provided with one or more openspaces where the cloth may be presented to the surface to be cleansedWhile at all times the paper, or point to be protected, will be coveredby the plate at the point adjacent that occupied by the cleansing cloth,and as the cloth and plate are moved along the surface, the wood work isproperly washed while the paper is thoroughly protected.

The invention is more fully described in the following specification andclearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,:

Figure 1 is a plan view of my device. Fig. 2 is a side elevationthereof. Fig. 3 is a sectional View on line 33 of Fig. 1.

The numeral 1 designates the body or main portion of the protector, andconsists of a flat plate, preferably of rectangular form,

and having both of its shorter ends set up at right angles to the'base,as indicated at 2.

The numeral 3 designates a handle for conveniently operating the device,mounted between the two up-set ends 2 on a rod 4 pass ing longitudinallythrough the handle and secured to the end sections 2.

The numeral 5 designates a guard or guide member, also formed integrallywith the base plate 1, and set up at right angles to the said base, butlocated at approximately the center of the one longitudinal edge of theplate, thus leaving an open space 6 between each end of this guard andthe upset end pieces 2. Near the upper edge of this guard, I secure abrace 7, the opposite end of which is mounted on the rod 4% and servesto divide the handle 3 into two sections of equal length. The spacebeneath the handle, and within the confines of the up-set end sectionsand the guard, will serve to contain the cleaning cloth, which may beheld either in the hand that holds the device, or it may be held thereinwith one hand while the device is moved along the edge of the wood work,with the other hand, with a portion of the cloth always filling one ofthe spaces 6, by means of which the cleaning is accomplished, while allother portions of the cloth will be kept from contact with the surfacesover which the device is passed.

It is evident that the device may be used either as a right or left handcleaner, by merely turning it in opposite directions.

The surfaces of the metal plate may be highly polished if desired sothat it will move easily over the wall and prevent scratching or marringof the paper.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. A device of the character described,comprising a flat plate of metal, rectangular in outline and having itssmaller ends bent up at right angles to the base, a rod mountedlongitudinally of the plate and between the up-set ends; an upset guardportion on one of the longitudinal edges of the plate and formedintegrally therewith, whereby open spaces are formed between the ends ofsaid guard and the upset ends of the plate; a brace attached to saidguard and to the said 2. In a device of the character described '7 aflat metal plate of rectangular outline having its shorter ends up-setat right angles to the base; an upset guard portion on one of itslongitudinal edges midway of its length, a handle mounted betweenthe'up-set ends and a brace engaging the guard portion at 10 one of itsends and having its opposite end in engagement with said handle. 7

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

WILLIAM S. THOMPSON.

Copies 0! this patent may be obtained for five cents each. by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G.

